Liu Xian had no money on hand. Most of Xining's money was brought back to Hanzhong, and the rest was used to resettle the refugees in Tangar City, and the expeditionary army itself did not leave much money.

All the way from Qinghai to Xinjiang, from Khotan to the present, several cities have been laid, and they have not received much silver. Because the money of the whole southern Xinjiang is concentrated in Kashgar. The money in the rest of the cities in Burke's Mansion was nothing compared to that of Aguba. Even Akimu Berke, like Niazi and Yunusjiang, is far from comparable.

Moreover, he had to buy food from the residents, and Liu Xian had no money to recruit troops from the society! In other words, there is no spare money to recruit local Xinjiang natives as soldiers. Besides, the situation in Khotan is that you can't recruit if you want to.

Until entering Yarkand, until occupying Yecheng, the second largest city in Yarkand, although Yecheng was far from being comparable to before, the local indigenous population of Xinjiang in Liu Xian's hands was close to 50,000 in one fell swoop. This is a prerequisite for recruitment.

Wei Ming marched west with 2,000 cavalry and captured Yecheng with 1,500 cavalry, not only swallowing up Yecheng's wealth, but also sending troops to sweep all directions.

Shache in the northwest, located in the Abu River valley - Qipan and Shilap, which are geographically more south, these three cities are the last three cities of Yarkand, and they are also the three cities with stronger population and wealth than Yecheng today, and the second largest city in Yerkand is only the previous name, and they have been attacked repeatedly.

It is not possible to rely on a few hundred cavalry to capture the city, but it is easy to plunder cattle, sheep and livestock. At this point, Liu Xian's plan to eat the enemy was truly implemented. With more than 20,000 cattle and sheep, more than 1,000 horses, and 350 camels, Liu Xian could no longer worry about military rations in the next three months. What's more, when Yecheng was captured, a considerable amount of grain and grass hoarded in the city fell into the hands of the expeditionary army. There are also a lot of tea bricks in the army, and they brought a lot of them when they entered Qinghai, and there are tea bricks transferred from Xining in the spring and summer today. There is no need to worry about digestive problems at all.

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"Left and right."

"Left and right."

"Left and right."

The recruitment is still ongoing, and more than 500 people have been recruited in Yecheng, and at the same time, half of the Yarkand cavalry who rushed to help in the battle have also been left to join the army.

Of the more than 500 newly recruited, 100 brought their own horses, and the rest were all used as infantry.

The new barracks were immediately equipped in exactly accordance with the old system. At present, the 400 or so infantry will also be organized into a brigade, and the formation will still be a hussar battalion.

In a bloody battle on the banks of the Abu River, the expeditionary army suffered more than 260 casualties, 150 of whom were killed on the spot, and 20 or 30 of whom died of their wounds.

Counting the battle losses in Xining and the remaining troops, plus the losses in a series of battles in Khotan and Sangzhu, Liu Xian won battles all the way, and the loss of the Qin army's troops was close to 1,000. Counting Dong Fuxiang's soldiers and horses, there were only about 4,500 Han soldiers in the expeditionary army. If we don't recruit new recruits and don't train them in a more decent way, the losses of the Han soldiers will be even greater and more.

The hussar camp was also heavily damaged. However, with the addition of 2,300 cavalry of Abduli's army and more than 600 indigenous cavalry of Yarkand, the total number of cavalry still exceeded 2,000 cavalry, which was almost close to the number of cavalry battalions. Now, counting Abduli's 1st Infantry Brigade and the 2nd Indigenous Infantry Brigade, which is being organized, the hussar battalion has 3,000 troops.

While running, Wang Guosheng shouted the trumpet. At present, this recruit squadron is the first time in the collective running exercise, and the soldiers' steps are very uneven, but they can maintain the queue of 100 people is not scattered, which also proves the results of Wang Guosheng and other instructors in recent days.

Wang Guosheng was followed by two natives, who were interpreters. At least ninety percent of Xinjiang's middle- and lower-class natives do not speak Chinese, or can only speak a few spoken words, and must have an interpreter who understands Chinese.

Liu Xian and his entourage stood on the scene and watched the squadron run around the field three times. Wang Guosheng ran to Liu Xian's side, "My lord, the squad leaders in the squadron have not yet been decided. You see, ......, while you're here, do you want to settle down first? ”

Determine that the squad leader is the authority of each instructor of the recruit squadron. Wang Guosheng said this, not to ask Liu Xian to make a decision to set the squad leaders, but to let Liu Xian give him a platform. "When you make a decision at this time, doesn't it also seem that adults value them!"

Liu Xian's gaze swept over the Wang Guosheng team, his face moved, nodded slightly, and acquiesced.

Wang Guosheng continued: "In this team led by the lowly position, I think that one is ......" As he said that, he was about to point out to Liu Xian which soldier he thought was the best.

"No, let's not decide, let them choose for themselves."

"Pick? They choose for themselves? Wang Guosheng was stunned, and a big question mark rose above his head.

The playground is about two kilometers around three times, and most of the indigenous soldiers do not have much problem, in terms of soldiers, these people are stronger than those in the interior, at least physically.

After a hundred people lined up neatly, Liu Xian walked in front of these recruits, and the team behind him supported him, and he knew at a glance that he was not a petty official.

Clearing his throat, Liu Xian began to speak: "Everyone, since you walked into this barracks, you are no longer ordinary people, but soldiers of my expeditionary army. Liu Xian of this army, added as the chief general of the expeditionary army, Urumqi, admiral. ”

What kind of expeditionary army, what kind of main general, the indigenous people of Yarkand do not know. But when it comes to the admiral of Urumqi, there must be many people who know what a big official this is.

The Admiral of Urumqi is in charge of the military of Xinjiang, and his position is still above the capital of Urumqi, so he can be said to be the second person in the Qing army in Xinjiang after General Ili.

"Meet the Military—"

After the two interpreters finished speaking, a hundred people knelt down, and those who were still standing sporadically also knelt down immediately after seeing the reaction of their companions.

Liu Xian motioned to the translator to let the recruits below get up, and continued: "What did you leave your wives and come to this place of soldiers, risking your life and death, do you know in your hearts? ”

There was silence in the queue, and there were various reasons for these recruits to join the army, including those who had five acres of land in Tuna, those who had food to eat, and those who were purely hostile to the Aguba regime...... But none of them dared to be the first bird.

The people are afraid of the unknown fate. Who knows what kind of reaction Liu Xian will have after they told the reason.

After half a ring, a hand was raised at the end of the first row.

Liu Xian glanced at it, and he was a very thin young man, or a teenager, because he estimated that he would be sixteen or seventeen years old at most.

The man put down his hand, his face full of gratitude, but he still didn't speak very neatly in front of so many people, "Because, because the adult beat Agubai, the adult is an official soldier." Otherwise, I, I'll just say ......, I can't come......"

Liu Xian smiled, his face slowly turned cold, and he pointed at the young man and said, "Is he right?" Yes and no. I recruited you to be soldiers, of course, to fight Aguba. But you are not all soldiers to fight Aquba.

Some of you covet the five acres of land, some of you have something to eat, some of you want to defeat Aguba and grab gold and silver to make a fortune, some of you are cornered by Aguba's heavy taxes, and some of you have hatred for Aguba's army.

I don't care what you're here for, I just want you to think about it, why don't you even have five acres of land, isn't it worth even five acres of land for a human life?

Why don't you even have a bite to eat, you have worked hard for a year, where has the harvested food gone? Why are you cornered? ”

A suffocating atmosphere rose from among the recruits. "It's Aguba, it's he who robbed my land, cattle and sheep, and killed all my people......" The young man spoke.

"Yes, it's Aguba.

Without the previous rebellion, without the Aquba, how would the court tax you?

The local Burke is just greedy, will force thousands of you people to sell out and then sell your sons and daughters to pay taxes? ”

Liu's words resonated with everyone. Looking back at the days of four years ago, compared to the current days, no matter how crazy the true God cultists are, they can't say that the current days are better than four years ago, that is pure nonsense with their eyes open.

Many of the recruits below are poor, not to mention five acres of land, even one acre of land they can sell their lives, and many of them don't even have food to fill their stomachs, which is forced by Aguba's heavy taxes. The heavy taxation of the Aguba regime not only offended the local elites, but also oppressed the low-level people in desperation. It can be said that everyone has a history of blood and tears.

Moreover, on the way to Agubai's march to conquer all parts of southern Xinjiang, killings were everywhere, many people were killed, and he was the only one who died. For example, the young man, who was only sixteen years old, had been living alone for three years, and his hatred for the Aguba regime was deep. The boy cried, and there were quite a few such recruits, and there were bursts of crying in the queue, and slowly everyone seemed to be crying.

Agubai attacked Yarkand three times, and how heavy the Yarkand people were killed and wounded, only the Yarkand locals know. I don't know how many people have relatives or friends who have died under the knife and gun of Aguba. Many people wept even when they were infected.

Liu Xian saw that everyone's feelings were mobilized, and it was simply the effect of a grievance meeting, and what he said at this time was the easiest for them to accept, so he said loudly: "You have different reasons for your suffering, and most of them lie in Agubai. "First of all, we put aside the rebellion of the local natives in Xinjiang and put all the blame on Agubai. Anyway, it's not yet time to settle accounts after the fall.

"It comes down to you that you don't have the power." The voice changed. Liu Xian's eyes were like sharp lightning, "Because you don't have the strength, you can only bow your head when the Agu Bai rebel army comes; Because you have no power, you will have to sell your land and your sons and daughters to pay your taxes when Aquba is heavily taxed. They can bully you at will, at will. ”

No one would think that the 'strength' in Liu Xian's mouth refers to the simple human body, and the 'strength' refers to strength and power. R1152